Document 32008R0046

Commission Regulation (EC) No 46/2008 of 18 January 2008 amending for the 90th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban

Commission Regulation (EC) No 46/2008 of 18 January 2008 amending for the 90th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban

amending for the 90th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan (1), and in particular Article 7(1), first indent, thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation.

(2)

On 21 December 2007, the Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council decided to amend the list of persons, groups and entities to whom the freezing of funds and economic resources should apply. Annex I should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 is hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

‘Moustafa Abbes. Address: Via Padova 82, Milan, Italy (domicile). Date of birth: 5.2.1962. Place of birth: Osniers, Algeria. Other information: Sentenced to three years and six months of imprisonment by the Tribunal of Naples on 19.5.2005. Released on 30.1.2006 due to an order suspending the sentence.’

‘Said Ben Abdelhakim Ben Omar Al-Cherif (alias (a) Djallal, (b) Youcef, (c) Abou Salman). Address: Corso Lodi 59, Milan, Italy. Date of birth: 25.1.1970. Place of birth: Menzel Temime, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: M307968 (Tunisian passport issued on 8.9.2001, expired on 7.9.2006). Other information: Sentenced by the Court of first instance of Milan to four years and six months of imprisonment on 9.5.2005 and to six years of imprisonment on 5.10.2006. Detained in Italy as of September 2007.’

‘Noureddine Ben Ali Ben Belkassem Al-Drissi. Address: Via Plebiscito 3, Cremona, Italy. Date of birth: 30.4.1964. Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: L851940 (Tunisian passport issued on 9.9.1998, expired on 8.9.2003). Other information: sentenced to seven years and six months of imprisonment by the Court of first instance of Cremona on 15.7.2006. This sentence was appealed and a new trial will be held by the Court of Appeal of Brescia. Detained in Italy as of September 2007.’

The entry ‘Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki (alias Hassan Turki). Date of birth: circa 1944. Place of birth: Region V (Ogaden), Ethiopia. Other information: member of the Reer-Abdille subclan of the Ogaden clan’ under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by:

‘Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki (alias Hassan Turki). Title: Sheikh. Date of birth: Approximately 1944. Place of birth: Region V, Ethiopia (the Ogaden Region in eastern Ethiopia). Nationality: Somali. Other information: (a) Reported to be active in Southern Somalia, lower Juba near Kismayo, mainly in Jilibe and Burgabo as of November 2007; (b) Family background: from the Ogaden clan, Reer-Abdille subclan; (c) Part of the Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya (AIAI) leadership; (d) Believed to have been involved in the attacks on the United States embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in August 1998.’

‘Radi Abd El Samie Abou El Yazid El Ayashi, (alias Mera’l). Address: Via Cilea 40, Milan, Italy (domicile). Date of birth: 2.1.1972. Place of birth: El Gharbia (Egypt). Other information: sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment by the Court of first instance of Milan on 21.9.2006. In custody in Italy as of September 2007.’

‘Mohammad Tahir Hammid (alias Abdelhamid Al Kurdi). Title: Imam. Address: Via della Martinella 132, Parma, Italy. Date of birth: 1.11.1975. Place of birth: Poshok, Iraq. Other information: sentenced to one year and 11 months of imprisonment by the Italian judicial authority on 19.4.2004. Released on 15.10.2004. A deportation order was issued on 18.10.2004. Fugitive as of September 2007.’

The entry ‘Abderrahmane Kifane. Address: via S. Biagio 32 or 35 — Sant’Anastasia (NA), Italy. Date of birth: 7.3.1963. Place of birth: Casablanca, Morocco. Other information: Sentenced for a 20 months prison term in Italy on 22 July 1995 for providing support to Armed Islamic Group (GIA)’ under the heading ‘Natural persons’ shall be replaced by:

‘Abderrahmane Kifane. Address: via S. Biagio 32 or 35, Sant’Anastasia (NA), Italy. Date of birth: 7.3.1963. Place of birth: Casablanca, Morocco. Other information: Sentenced for a 20 months prison term in Italy on 22.7.1995 for providing support to the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). Sentenced to three years and six months of imprisonment by the Court of Appeal of Naples on 16.3.2004. A new trial will be held by decision of the Supreme Court.’

‘Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed Rouine (alias (a) Salmane, (b) Lazhar). Address: Vicolo S. Giovanni, Rimini, Italy (domicile). Date of birth: 20.11.1975. Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia. Nationality: Tunisian. Passport No: P182583 (Tunisian passport issued on 13.9.2003, expired on 12.9.2007). Other information: sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment by the Court of first instance of Milan on 9.5.2005. Appeal pending at Milan’s Appeal Court as of September 2007. Free as of September 2007.’